9th grade Odyssey test
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- Odysseus
- King of Ithaca
- Penelope
- wife of odysseus
- Telemachus
- son of odysseus
- Laertes
- Odysseus' father, old king of Ithaca
- Anticleia
- Odysseus' mother, dies grieving over her son
- Eurycleia
-
faithful old nurse
recongizes odysseus' old scar - Eumaeus
- odysseus' loyal swineherd
- argos
- odysseus' dog recognizes his master even after 20 years
- Antinoos
- the leading suitor
- eupithes
- father of antinous
- Agamenmnon
- king of Mycenae and commander of the greek army
- Tiresias
- profet tha odysseus meets in the underworld
- Alcinous
- king of the phaeacians has odysseus tell story of his wandering and helps the hero return to Ithaca
- mausicaa
- daughter of alcinous
- zeus
- king of the gods, unpredictable, his daughter is athena
- Athena
- helps odyssues through out the book. daughter of zeus
- Polyphemus
-
kyklops eat odysseus' men
son of posiden - poseidon
- god of the sea seeks revenge on odysseus for blinding his son
- kalypko
- nymph that holds odysseus captive for 7 years
- kirke
- a goddess turns odysseus' men into pigs lets odysseus stay for a year